194 Chap. 20. expofition "pot the Book of J o B. Verl. 2iß. wrath in that plague wit'! which. God fmote the people of Ifrael (Num. i6.46.) There is wrathgene out from the Lord, the plague is begun. And therefore hebattens Aaron ro the duty ofhis place. Take (faith he) a Center and put fire thereinfrom of the Altar, and put on iacenfe,and goe quickly to the Congregation, andmade an Aton4rnent for them.Thole ceremonial! atonements, typified the Atonement ofChriff, who alonedelivers us both from prefent wrath, and from that wrathwhich is to come. Secondly, From theeffe& of this day ofwrath; The increafe ofhis houf(hall depart, andhis goods flsall flow away in the day of wrath. Oberve; If the wrath of 'God gee forthagainft a man, nogood thing willftay.with hint. His increafe will be gone, riches willTay, we muff depart and flow away ; credit will depart, healthwill depart, friends will depart, if once wrath come in prefence ; God is wroth with thoufands ofwicked men, whore increafe cloth not de- part, nor doe their goods flow away, they rather flow in abun- dantly, but if once God declare - and letout his wrath,, their fulneffeturnestoemptincffe ,`' and' their increafe haflens to be gon. IfGod be,for sts who can be againft uo?And ifGodbe againft us,what canbe fm. us ? As the love etGod eflablifheth the crea- ture to us, and makes that which ( like quick Elver) can hard- lybe fixed, as firme to us as arock ofAdamant, fo the wrathof God !hakes our hold of the creature, and makes chofe things which we looked -upon as a rock ofAdamant, our lands our friends, our comforts and relations diffolve like fnow before the Sun, and flow away like water. There are three wayes,inwhich the increafe ofa mans houfed.eparts and flows away in the day ofGods wrath. Firfl, By prodigalitie, . and thatfometimes his owne; God gives up fome to fcatter and fp'end that vainly, which they got hereunluflly ; bat mofl ufually it flows-away, and the houleof the wicked man with the whole increafe of it, is (as we fay ) throwne out at the windowes, by- the prodigalitie ofa fpend- thrift heyre. Secondly, His increafedeparts by theoppreffion of others j
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